Broncos, Eels opt out of Cooper talk

High profile player manager Khoder Nasser may have a tough job selling Wallaby star Quade Cooper to rugby league next season, with cashed-up NRL clubs Brisbane and Parramatta showing little interest in the playmaker.

Nasser, whose clients include Anthony Mundine and Sonny Bill Williams, took over Cooper’s affairs just last week.

He’s been quoted as saying Cooper, whose lucrative Australian Rugby Union contract expires after the September World Cup, would be “foolish” not to entertain an offer from Brisbane who are set to lose champion five-eighth Darren Lockyer to retirement.

But both Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin and chief executive Paul White said on Tuesday they were not interested in signing the Queensland Reds five eighth after putting a lot of time into developing promising youngsters Corey Norman and Ben Hunt.